Magic Hands -- Repair and Refinishing Old Furniture -- Find out what finishes, removers, glues, putties, oil colors, and sealers are available, what's best for a particular project, how to prepare wood without destroying it; make structural repairs before finishing; replacing loose or broken joints, legs, arms, and veneers; fixing cracked and split wood; and filling dents and holes. Recommended guides and handbooks.
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  • Refinishing Old Furniture -- George Wagoner, E. George Wagoner; Find out  what finishes, removers, glues, putties, oil colors, and sealers are available, which are best for a particular project, and how to prepare wood for the job without destroying its venerable character. Learn  how to make structural repairs before finishing, such as replacing loose or broken joints, legs, arms, and veneers; fixing cracked and split wood; and filling dents and holes
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    • The Weekend Refinisher : How to Make the Most of Your Furniture-A Step-By-Step Guide -- Bruce E. Johnson  -- Bruce Johnson, author of the COUNTRY LIVING Column, "Antiques Across America," draws on ten years of professional refinishing experience to show you all the shortcuts and tricks of the trade. All you need are a few common hand tools and household supplies. Packed with charts, tables, step-by-step instructions, and easy-to-follow illustrations, inside you'll find the confidence you need to tackle any piece.
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  • Furniture Repair & Refinishing -- Brian D. Hingley, Timothy O. Bakke (Editor); From structural repairs to restoring older finishes or entirely refinishing furniture: a hands-on step-by-step approach to furniture repair and restoration, presented by an expert in the field. More than 430 color photographs and 60 full-color drawings.

     

     

     

     
    Fine Woodworking on Finishing and Refinishing
    Paperback / Published 1986 

     

    Furniture Refinishing Made Easy  
    Dave Sands / Paperback / Published 1992

     

     

    Furniture Repair & Refinishing
    Brian D. Hingley, Timothy O. Bakke (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1998

     

     

    Refinishing & Finishing Wood (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library)
    R. Decker Black / Paperback / Published 1994

     

     

    Refinishing & Finishing Wood (Black and Decker Home Improvement Library)
    C. Decker Black / Hardcover / Published 1994

     

     

    Refinishing Old Furniture
    George Wagoner, E. George Wagoner / Paperback / Published 1995

     

    Restoration Recipes : Techniqes for Repairing and Refinishing Fine Furniture
    James Bain Smith, et al / Paperback / Published 1999

     

    The Weekend Refinisher : How to Make the Most of Your Furniture-A Step-By-Step Guide
    Bruce E. Johnson / Paperback / Published 1989
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    Holidays : Recipes, Gifts and Decorations : Thanksgiving & Christmas  
    Martha Stewart / Paperback / Published 1994   ---  THIS IS A  MUST HAVE BOOK

    Nobody knows the holidays like Martha Stewart, and here she gives you all the information you need to have a spectacular Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. Martha and her crew provide you with a hearty Thanksgiving feast featuring Quail with Brussels Sprouts and Shallots, Garlic Roast Potatoes, and Roast Fennel. Later she offers up a tasty but simple family breakfast for Christmas morning and a sumptuous Christmas dinner centered around a Loin of Venison with Red-Currant Bordelaise and Roast Capon with Wild Rice Sourdough Stuffing. The lower-key New Year's Eve dinner of five dishes may be more appealing to kitchen novices.

    Even if you're not planning a huge party, you'll still find the book useful for more simple ideas--chapters on homemade gifts, gift-wrapping, and wreaths and garlands provide easy-to-follow directions and lots of advice. The chapter on cookies features 23 different classics, and another chapter offers recipes for six pies plus tips on their assembly and even a list of "our favorite baking apples." Throughout the book you'll find interesting sidebars and beautiful photographs to tempt and inspire you. Maybe you're a new convert, maybe you missed one of the fabled Martha Stewart Living holiday issues, or maybe your copies are too dog-eared to read anymore--Holidays: The Best of Martha Stewart Living will help you make your holidays spectacular. --C.B. Delaney (Amazon reviewer)

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    The Perfect Thanksgiving Book : Delicious Recipes for a Fabulous Family Feast  
    Lindley Boegehold(Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995  -- Thanksgiving is a time to gather together, to celebrate the harvest and be grateful, to visit friends and family, and above all, to eat. The recipes at the heart of this book cover every part of the traditionally elaborate meal including the classic Roast Turkey with all the trimmings, tasty side dishes, and fabulous pies. Over 100 full-color photos.

     

     

    Thanksgiving : Festive Recipes for the Holiday Table (Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library)
    Chuck Williams, et al / Hardcover / Published 1997 -- Whether your tastes run to the traditional or more adventurous, this Thanksgiving can be the tastiest one ever with the help of this Williams-Sonoma cookbook. From first course to last, cooks will find everything they need for a delicious holiday gathering.. If you have Martha's book,  this is the next one to get!

    Well,  here's something different if you mastered Martha's and WS' Thanksgiving  Recipes

     

    GET READY  ... think Christmas ... think gifts and presents.

     

    Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) 

     

     

    Cranium for your Brainum:

    Spell a word backwards, hum a tune, answer a multiple-choice question, draw with your eyes closed, and more when you play Cranium. Unlike games that focus on only a few skills, Cranium offers 14 talent-tapping activities designed to bring out the best in you and your friends. Cards from four decks, color-coded to match each of the crazy characters--Star Performer, Creative Cat, Data Head, and Word Worm--describe activities that teams must complete in order to advance around the board. If you choose a Sculptorades card from the Creative Cat deck, for example, you might be asked to sculpt a hamburger from lemon-scented Cranium Clay while your teammates try to guess what you're creating.

    To win the game, teams have to make it to Cranium Central--the large purple brain in the center of the board--and then successfully complete one activity from each of the four decks. The result is that the team with the best combination of abilities comes out on top. With its wonderfully diverse set of activities and top-notch design (artwork by illustrator Gary Baseman decorates the colorful board and decks of cards), Cranium offers the best of all board game experiences--and it's a whole lot of fun, too! (For 4 or more players)  - A GREAT POST TRIVIA PARTY GAME

     

    Cranium Booster Box 1:  Read this:  "In response to overwhelming customer demand, we - the wacky crew at Cranium Central - have created Cranium Booster Box 1. Booster Box is bursting with 800 all-new cards for the Cranium game. We promise that Booster Box is more outrageous, more challenging, and more hilarious than ever. To recharge your Cranium game, simply mix in, or replace your original game cards with Cranium Booster Box 1 for hours of more fun!"

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    LISTEN  .. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO GET YOUR KID OR YOUR KID-BROTHER (OR YOUR BROTHER'S KID) FOR CHRISTMAS .... THE SEGA DREAMCAST and a few games   WILL MORE THAN PLEASE THEM and they will remember and love you forever for it.   
     
    Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) by Sega of America, Inc.  THE GAME!
    After several years in video game retirement, Sonic the Hedgehog returns as the star of a graphically stunning 3-D adventure game that blows away every other game in the genre. Sonic is joined by five of his friends in a massive quest that spans over 50 game levels filled with remarkable visuals and a pulsating soundtrack. Taking full advantage of the unprecedented processing power of the Dreamcast, Sega's development crew, Sonic Team, has designed several gravity-defying game levels that will keep gamers hooked.
     
     
     
    Sonic Adventure: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
    Kip Ward, Prima Development / Paperback / Published 1999 - -   The world's most famous hedgehog is back, now in 3D, in a world so big and breathtaking, only Sega Dreamcast could hold it. As Sonic and his friends jump and spin their way to adventure, you'll need Sonic Adventure: Prima's Official Strategy Guide to find all the hidden secrets. Inside you'll discover maps of every dazzling level, whereabouts of all the gold rings, detailed character and quest descriptions, tips for raising Chao and using the Virtual Memory Unit, and the locations if each level entrance and secret area.

     

     

    Sonic Adventure; Official Strategy Guide
    Paperback / Published 1999

    This is it folks:  SEGA DREAMCAST  -  THE DREAM MACHINE

     

                               

     

     

     

     

     

    IF YOU (or your kids)  DON'T HAVE IT  ... YOU ARE MISSIN OUT BIG TIME

     

    The Dreamcast system is, in a word, awesome. Really, it inspires awe. The first time someone fires up the game Soul Calibur and realizes that the graphics and gameplay are better than the arcade version, they're likely to faint. And Sonic Adventure, with its lightspeed gameplay, is sure to wow even the most jaded gamer--one part of the game consists of a richly detailed 3-D racetrack suspended in the funnel of a raging tornado!

    It's amazing that such a small machine (it's about the size of your mousepad) can deliver such incredible performance. Chalk it up to superior engineering. Dreamcast's only downside is that it comes with only one controller and a demo disc. In order to truly take advantage of Dreamcast's capabilities, we recommend outfitting the controller with a Jump Pack and a Visual Memory Unit. Getting one or more extra controllers is also a good idea, since some of the best Dreamcast games support up to four players at once.

    Why it's so cool:

    • Great games: Soul Calibur. Hydro Thunder. The House of the Dead 2. Arcade smash hits and Dreamcast exclusives. And Dreamcast has a lot of games available at launch--more than any other video game system debut in history.
    • Ultramodern components: Custom-made video, audio, and processor technology enable Dreamcast to look, sound, and play better than any other console system around. It even puts arcade machines to shame.
    • Integrated modem: In another video game first, Dreamcast comes with a 56K modem. Use your regular Internet service provider and the optional keyboard to access e-mail, shopping, and the World Wide Web. At launch, you can upload high scores, participate in chat discussions, download updates and enhancements for your games, and swap virtual pets. Multiplayer games and massive online wars are already on Sega's drawing board for this year. We can't wait to see what else Sega has in store for the online Dreamcast community.
    • The Visual Memory Unit (VMU) More than just a memory card, the VMU is a miniature portable game system that fits inside a controller--so its LCD screen is easily seen by you but hidden from your opponent.
    • Super GD-ROM: Dreamcast's CD-ROM drive is actually a GD-ROM drive that's capable of reading gigabyte-capacity discs. It's also twelve times as fast as a normal drive, which means faster game load times, shorter waits, and less disc-swapping during play. Of course, it also plays audio CDs.
    • Expandability: Sega's machine is the first major video game console designed with the future in mind. New technology can easily be added to Dreamcast through its expansion slot and serial port. A Dreamcast-compatible Zip drive is already available in Japan, and it's a safe bet that Sega has even more cool hardware on the way.
    • Keyboard: Computer game players complain that video games don't offer enough complexity because the machines lack keyboards. Dreamcast opens the gates to deeper, more complex games by allowing more control and input options. Think of it this way: the controller has six buttons, and the keyboard has 92 keys. Games can make use of each key, increasing the number of controls by a factor of fifteen. The keyboard also lets you compose e-mail messages when accessing the Internet through Dreamcast's modem.
    • All-in-one entertainment: It plays games. It plays audio CDs. It connects to the Internet and lets you browse the Web or e-mail friends. Our note to the cost-conscious: If you have a Dreamcast system, you just don't need a separate CD player or a separate computer. Dreamcast does it all, and does it well.
    --Mike Fehlauer (amazon reviewer)

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